Children's Movement - South Africa

We started off in the early 80's with a Girl Child Campaign within the structure of the Children's Movement at raising awareness about the problems experienced by girls especially at the hands of males. By that time we did marches, debates etc.

In November 2002 we attended a Girl Child Conference hosted by NAWA (Namibian’s Woman association). The whole aim of the Conference was girls in SADC (Southern African Development Community) countries to share experiences and exchange ideas. This motivated us to start a Girl Child Organisation (GCO) which forms part of a big network- African Girl Child Movement.

Our vision to become part of a broader network of girl on the African Continent and Internationally has driven us to re-launch our Girl Child Organisation to a Girl Child Movement (GCM) nationally on the 01 December 2006.